3 Paynes Cottages, South Zeal, Devon

Situation

This cottage is located in a quiet spot on Ramsley Lane which leads to footpaths to Ramsley Common and Cawsand Beacon. The popular village of South Zeal has a Primary school, pre-school, village hall, a hotel and pub, a village car park and a playing field, play park and sports field. Nearby Okehampton offers a wide range of amenities and senior schooling and the A30 dual carriageway is only about 2.5 miles away and Exeter about 20 miles.

Services

Mains electricity, drainage and water.

Council tax band

Band A

Directions

From the A30 at Whiddon Down, drive through the village passing the Post Inn and carry on to the mini roundabout. Go straight on at the roundabout and after about a mile and a half you will see the lane on the right to South Zeal. Once you get down the hill to the very bottom of the village take the left turn, which is Ramsley Lane. Drive along the lane and where the road splits, take the left fork. No 3 Paynes Cottages is about 50 metres along on the right.

Entrance

A new cobbled apron sits at the front of the cottage which also has a series of paviours for pots. The stable door entrance has glazed upper panels and leads into the entrance lobby.

Entrance lobby

The staircase leads to the first floor and has a recess for a show shelf to one side. There is a ceiling light and a panelled door to the sitting room with etched glass upper panels.

Sitting room

This is an attractive and bright room with two upvc double glazed front windows with window seats. An enclosed structural beam spans the room and there is a deep fireplace with built in bread oven, a clay tiled hearth, an oak lintel and a fitted wood burning stove with back boiler and lined flue. The room has a central pendant light point and three wall light points, a wall mounted digitally controlled convector heater, nine power points and a recess below the stairs and landing with overhead LED lighting and space for a desk. A panelled door with etched glass upper panels leads to the kitchen/dining room.

Kitchen/dining room

This room has an oak floor and ten LED downlighters. There is a upvc double glazed rear window with a view down the garden and a tiled sill set above a white ceramic sink, a boiling water tap/mixer tap. The kitchen end is fitted with a range of base and wall cabinets with oak effect work surfaces and integral major appliances including a four ring halogen hob with circulator hood/lighting above, a dishwasher, a fitted single fan oven/grill and microwave/convection oven and a fridge freezer. Space is provided for an automatic washing machine. At the other end of the room is a sitting or dining area with an upright electric wall mounted convector heater. An outshot from the dining area is the garden room.

Garden room/conservatory

This fairly recent extension comprises an oak floored space with double glazed ceiling and floor to ceiling double glazed windows looking down the garden. An oak finished door leads to the rear porch.

Rear porch

A solid timber door leads to the steps to the garden and there are built in shelves and a cupboard which is also shelved.

First floor

The landing has a loft access hatch with a fitted ladder, an internal glazed window stealing natural light from the bathroom, two power points, a ceiling light point, panelled doors to all rooms and a built in airing cupboard with insulated hot water cylinder, immersion heater and shelving.

Bedroom 1

Facing to the rear and with upvc double glazed windows overlooking the garden and wooded valley. This generous double room has ample space for a super king size bed, cabinets and a dresser. It has a fitted triple wardrobe with hanging rails, shelving and drawers and there are eight power points, four USB charging points, a pendant light point and a wall mounted electric digitally controlled convector heater.

Bedroom 2

A front facing double bedroom with plenty of space for a super king size bed and cabinets. It has a upvc double glazed window looking to the trees opposite, a pendant light point, four power points and a single panel radiator that operates off the back boiler on the wood burner downstairs.

Bedroom 3

A double bedroom with a upvc double glazed window overlooking the rear garden and wooded valley. It has a pendant light point, six power points and a wall mounted electric, digitally controlled convector heater.

Bathroom

A smart modern bathroom with a white, cork panelled bath with fully tiled shower splashbacks, chromed mixer taps and a Mira wall mounted electric shower. There is a table top porcelain bowl on an oak vanity surface with cupboard below, a low level w.c., an electric wall mounted towel rail, a ceiling light point and a single panel radiator that runs off the back boiler on the wood burner.

Exterior

A flight of steps lead down from the rear porch door which has an exterior wall light point. The steps lead to a sheltered paved patio enclosed on two sides by granite walls. The patio has access to a useful undercroft beneath the garden room/ conservatory and there is an opening in the granite wall to the main garden. The main garden has a timber deck set beneath a pergola, a lower sitting area with grey stone chippings, two grassed areas with mature hedges and flower borders and two steps down to the main lawn which extends all the way to the end of the garden where there is a shady sitting area beneath some tress and adjacent to the neighbouring stream. In all the garden is about 100 feet long with a long south western boundary for great sunshine.

Shed

Measuring 7'10 x 5'8/2.38m x 1.72m. A timber framed shed.